Monday, April 15, 2013

Bluestar's Phrophecy

Title: Bluestar's Prophecy
Author: Erin Hunter
Points: 16
Book Level: 4.5
Genre: Fantasy
Star Rating: 4 1/2

In Bluestar's Prophecy, you learn about the life of Bluestar and her rise to power. In the first series of Warriors, you learn about the death of Bluestar. In Bluestar's Prophecy, you learn about the prophecy that set her path. Her life is a mixture of struggle for power and hope for survival. She learns about the prophecy and eventually sees how she dies.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Free Fire Zone

Title: Free Fire Zone
Author: Chris Lynch
AR Points: 6
BL: 5.3
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Star Rating: 3 & 1/2

Free Fire Zone is about a boy named Rudi and his friend, but it focuses mainly on Rudi. Rudi and his friends made a pact that if one of them joined the army, then they would all join. Rudi was always picked on in grade school by everyone. He uses this new chance in the army to make a name for himself by trying to earn respect from all of the other ground men that were recruited with him. He went from zero to hero and got the respect he deserved. Now that he is respected he has become brave, and he doesn't let anyone walk over him anymore. His friends begin to worry because he doesn't usually act like he is acting. Free Fire Zone is an awesome book in an amazing series. I would tell my friends to read this book.

Miracle on 49th Street

Title: Miracle on 49th Street
Auther: Mike Lupica
Book Level: 4.7
Points: 8
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Stars: 4.5

This book is about a girl named Molly. She never knew her dad and her mom had died recently. Now she lives in the Evans home. She discovers that her father is a basket ball star for the Boston Celtics. Now she is trying to convince him that she is his Daughter and for him to take her in. I personally like this book. I like the plot and how Molly changes so much during the story. I would recomend reading this Book.

Mudshark

Title:Mudshark
Auther: Gary Paulsen
Book Level: 6.3
Points: 2
Genre: Realstic Fiction
Stars: 3

This book is about a boy called Lyle Wiliams, also known as Mudshark. He has an amazing memory. He uses this to find things for other people. One day Principal Wagner calls him into his office. 65 erasers are missing and he wants Mudshark to find them. I didn't find much meaning in this book. It seemed to just explain his everyday life. I would not recomend reading this book.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Football

Football
Brian Howell
RL: 6.0
PT: 1.0
Genre: nonfiction
**1/2 stars

This book takes readers from the beginnings of football to present day, with a focus on the legends, the amazing stories, and the unique characteristics that make this sport great.

No Easy Day

Title: No Easy Day
Author: Mark Owen
Reading Level: 6.5
Genre: nonfiction-auto biography
AR points: 12.0
***** stars

No Easy Day is the best book ever. It is about the mission that killed Bin Laden. I recomened this book who like to read about war. It is a good auto-biography. My favorite part is when they go into the compound and kill Bin Laden.

Heat

Title: Heat
Author: Mike Lupica
Book Level: 5.3
Points: 9
Stars: 3 1/2

Michael Arroyo is an amazing 12 year old little league pitcher from Porta Rico. So good that rival teams start questioning his true age. The problem is that Michael has no parents and his brother and himself have to keep that a secret because Michael's brother is not yet old enough to legally be Michael's guardian. Without the right legal papers, Michael is forced to sit the bench until his friends dad, the league semi-finals when a Yankees pitcher from Porta Rico finds the legal documents for him. His team goes on to win the game and suit up for the championship in Yankee Stadium!

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Tucket's Ride

Title: Tuckets Ride
Author:Gary Paulsen
Book level:4.8
Points:3
Stars 4


Tuckets Ride is a good book to read. I liked it because it was a adventurous book. It took place back in the 1800s. If you want a good book to read this book.I would recommend this book to a couple people. I liked when he saved a Mexican being attacked in there house.

Title;  Duck Hunting
Author;  Blake Pound
Genre;  Non Fiction
Book level;  4.3
AR points;  .5
Rating; 5 Stars

This book tells you about Duck hunting. If you don't duck hunt and you want to know i would Prefer this book. It is about strategies on good types of hunting spots, the right dogs and also tells you about were the duck capital is. If you read this book you can find were the capitol is and you can find out when and were to attend this and the parade.

Title;  Duck Hunting
Author;  Blake Pound
Genre;  Non Fiction
Book level;  4.3
AR points;  .5
Rating; 5 Stars

This book tells you about Duck hunting. If you don't duck hunt and you want to know i would Prefer this book. It is about strategies on good types of hunting spots, the right dogs and also tells you about were the duck capital is. If you read this book you can find were the capitol is and you can find out when and were to attend this and the parade.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Clementine

Clementine
Sara Pennypacker
Goal: 4.5
Points: 2.0
Rate: *****
Clementine is a great book for kids, it is a very funny book about a series of unfortunate problems. The main characters are Clementine, her parents, brother, and Margret. Margret ends up hairless when she gets home Clementine ends up trying to fix her mistake by drawing on Margrest's head with Margret's. Then Clementine feels bad and cuts her hair for more information read the book.

The Breadwinner

Title:  The Breadwinner
Author:  Deborah Ellis
Genre:  Realistic Fiction
Reading Level:  4.5
AR Points: 4

The Breadwinner is a realistic fiction novel set in Afghanistan. The book is about a girl named Parvana and the hard times she and her family face while living in Afghanistan while the Taliban are in power. The Taliban's weird rules cause her father to get arrested just for having a foreign education. After her father was arrested she is forced to become her family's breadwinner by pretending to be a boy and going to the Kabul market to read letters for money. She is forced to take drastic measures to get food for her family of six, not including herself! These drastic measures can be as wild as digging up people's bones and selling them for money! The Breadwinner is a really great book. Read it for yourself to find out what other things Parvana does to help her family survive.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Esperanza Rising

Title: Esperanza Rising
Author: Pam Munoz Ryan
Level:5.3
AR points: 6 points
rating: 5 stars

This realistic fiction takes place in Mexico where an 11 year old girl lives on Rancho de las Rosas with her wealthy parents, grandmother and servants. Her life is turned upside down when bandits kills her father and  her uncle sets their house on fire when Esperanza's mother doesn't want to marry him. Along with the fire the grapes are ruined and Alfonso, Hortensia and their son Miguel plan to go to California to meet up with Alfonso's brother and his family. At the last moment mother and Esperanza decide to go to California with them to escape Esperanza's uncle. They leave Abuelita behind until she is strong enough to get to California. Once they make it to California Esperanza has to learn the basics to house cleaning and other everyday things that were done for her back at the ranch.she has a difficult time fitting in since shes gone from being rich to poor when all these people at the work houses have known were being poor Her mother gets sick and they dont have money to pay for the doctors bills. Esperanza steps up to make money to pay for the bills. Will Esperanza's mother get better? Will Abuelita ever make it to California? Will Esperanza find a life she can accept as being her own?

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Slob

Title: Slob
Author: Ellen Potter
Level: 5.0
AR points: 7 points
Rating: 4 stars

Slob is about a 12 year old boy that is overweight. His parents were killed at their shop. Him and his sister were adopted together. Owen is an inventer and he tries to make a invention that would let him see who killed his parents. He gets made fun of in gym and hears rumors about this new kid. Then at lunch his oreo's go missing and he tries to get to the bottom of it and find out who has been stealing his students.

The Breadwinner


Rating-*****.
Historical fiction
AR points-4
by- Deborah Ellis
Post by- Karleigh long



Eleven year old Parvana is in the age of the Taliban. Struggling to survive, she does the unthinkable to save her family.
I would read this book if you like history and/or realistic fiction.

Faith, Hope,an Ivy June

Title: Faith, Hope, and Ivy June
Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Level: 5.8
AR points: 9.0pts
Rating: *****

Summary:
This book was about two girls who live with each other for two weeks and learn
 about how each other live. Both girls face family problems while at each others homes. Each girls experience was recorded in a journal. They both live in very different places but learn to live under the circumstances they are put under.

Recommendation:
I would recommend that you read this book because it teaches what two other lives would be like and how to live like that. That is why i think you should read this book.

By: Elizabeth Schroeter

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

The false prince

The False Prince
author-Jennifer A. Nielsen
level- 5.1
AR points- 12
realistic fiction

The false prince is a very interesting book that goes through a murder to a imposter taking the throne of the king of Carthya. I love this book because of the adventure and mysteries. If you are big on adventure and mysteries, you will like this book.
Karleigh lang.

Ghostgirl (book 1)

Title: Ghostgirl
Author: Tonya Hurley
Book Level: 6.6
Points: 10
Rating: 5 stars
Genre: Fantasy

This is a great book about a girl that is obsessed with becoming popular. On her first day she chokes on a gummy bear and dies. She then realizes there is a whole other world for the dead students at Hawthorn High. This book is one of my favorites books ever. Its also the first book in the Ghostgirl series. Its a great book you should read it!!!!!!!!!!! :-)




Moonrise

Title: Moonrise -Warriors Series The New Prophecy
Author: Erin Hunter
Points: 11 points
Level: 5.1
Rating: 5 stars
Fantasy



This book is the second book in the second series of the well-written Warriors books. Moonrise is about a group of cats who had journeyed to a sun-drown place to seek out Midnight, who turns out to be a badger. This book is the story of their return through the mountains. It is a book filled with hunting and survival. The best part of the book is when they come in contact with a tribe and and a battle with the feared Sharptooth.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Title: Hush Hush
Author: Becca Fitzpactrick
Book Level: 4.5
Points: 12
Rating: 5 Stars
Fantacy


              This book is about a girl named Nora Grey. Now Nora was just a normal high school girl that nobody really noticed. But that all changed when her Bioligy teacher partnered her up with Patch. After Patch came into her life it was never the same. She finds out all kinds of secrets about herself that proves she is not just a normal girl. Her dead father kept most of her life a secrect from her. Which leads her on a great jurney to find out who she really is, with of course the company of Patch. This is the first book to a series but if you like books that show you a world inside your own, you will love it.

Friday, March 1, 2013

Small Steps

Title:Small Steps
Author : Louis Sachar
7 points
Level:4.2
Part two of a trilogy
(the first book was holes)


Small Steps is the second book in a trilogy. Armpit (or Theodore ) has a chance to double his money with an offer from a close friend, he also meats a life along friend along the way. Will he accept the offer? Will he get his money back?
I liked the book because of the mystery that is etched into the book.

I am Number Four

Title:I am Number Four
Book Level:4.4
Points:14
Author:Pittacus Lore


I am Number Four is a book about John Smith's (who is also known as Number Four) triumph over the killers of their kind.Three are dead and he is next in line will he survive or reach his death time.
I personally liked the book because of the intensity.

Monday, February 25, 2013

The Slippery Slope

Title: The Slippery Slope
Author: Lemony Snicker
A.R points- 9 points
A.R level- 7.1
I would say it was a mix of mystery and fiction




The Slippery Slope is the 10 book of the Series of Unfortunate Events Series. In this book Sunny, Klaus, and Violet Bauldlarie are faced with the aqward shaped Morton Mountains. Sunny is forced to cook for Olaf's troupe. Some of the insane objects used in this story are two hooks, a  Verdant Flammible device, and a casserole dish. This book is a very sad book if you like those kind of books I would recommend

Friday, February 15, 2013

City Of Bones (Mortal Instruments Book 1)

Title: City Of Bones
Author: Cassandra Clare
Book Level: 5.0
Points: 20
Rating: 5 stars
Fantasy


This is a great book about a girl named Clary Fray. She goes to a night club called Pandaemonium. When there, she see's a boy get murdered. But, the catch is that she is the only one that could see it! It's like it is invisible to every one else. This event then changes her whole life. She discovers secrets about her mom that she never thought were possible. I wouldn't recommened it if you don't like fighting violence or slightly mushy parts. Otherwise, you HAVE to read this!!!!!!!!